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Some native americans, her husband included, are scrambling to get new i.d.s just to vote. >> i.d. >> okay. >> nooels landon had no idea what his street address was. he had to call his county emergency coordinator to find out. >> 3 first avenue east is what they told me on the phone. >> the process did take just minutes and he now has a tribal i.d. he will be able to vote. >> did it cost anything? >> no fee. >> reporter: that's not the point, says wife margaret. >> it's discriminating and disenfranchising to our people to not allow them to vote and it's discouraging on top of that. >> it's not...

Demands voters in this state and on tribal lands present a valid i.d. with a actual street address. while that may sound like it's no big deal to you, here on the standing rock reservation and tribal lands across north dakota, the law is seen as to have one purpose, keep native americans from growing. >> some reservations, you don't have street addresses. majority of them don't have house numbers. so what they've been utilizing is a p.o. box. >> reporter: margaret landon, a native american voting rights advocate, says just weeks before november's election, some native americans, her husband in...

Purpose. keep native americans from voting. >> it is a very complicated problem. some reservations don't have street addresses. the majority of them don't have house numbers. so what they have been utilizing is a p.o. box. >> reporter: margaret landon, a native american voting rights advocate, says weeks before november's election some native americans, her husband included, are scrambling to get new i.d.s just to vote. he had no idea what his street address was. he had to call his county emergency coordinator to find out. >> so i got three first avenue east, is what they told me on the phone....

Tribal lands across north dakota the law seems to have one purpose. keep native americans from voting. >> it is a very complicated problem. because we don't -- some reservations we don't have street addresses. the majority of them don't have house numbers. so what they have been utilizing is a p.o. box. >> reporter: margaret landon, a native american voting rights advocate, says weeks before november's election some native americans, her husband included, are scrambling to get new i.d.s just to vote. he had no idea what his street address was. he had to call his county emergency coordinator to...